Hours after the terrorist attacks, University of New Mexico History Professor Richard Berthold told his students in his Western Civilization and Greek history classes, "Anyone who can blow up the Pentagon has my vote."
Lehigh University issued an edict that the university's buses should not fly American flags, with the absurd justification that to do so might be considered insensitive to foreign students.
Lehigh University released a formal, public apology for ordering the removal of an American flag from a Lehigh bus and offending students who were anxious to show their patriotism.
In early May 2001, UVA experienced a crisis over charges of widespread cheating, so a professor applied his own software program-designed to detect plagiarism-to the students in his class.
The Faculty Senate at George Washington University voted unanimously to reject a new sexual-harassment policy, saying it could infringe on professors' academic freedom and deny their rights to due process.